Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater, what is your pie made of?

Finally, sweet baking pumpkins are back in our neighborhood grocery stores. I buy no less than four and sometimes as many as six or seven and keep them in our back fridge along with a few spaghetti squash. Later I cook and freeze the pumpkin puree for use all winter. Both of these seasonal vegetables are favorites of mine, but the pumpkin is not only a favorite of mine, it is also a favorite of our two King Charles cavalier spaniels, Mickey and Charlie. Yes, I make pumpkin doggie cookies for them but I also make human cookies for us. But oh, I don’t stop there. I make bread, pie, cheesecake, shakes, muffins, soup, stew … the list goes on. Heck, I even found a pumpkin soap recipe I have asked my sister and niece to make so we all can give it as holiday gifts to teachers.

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